depotguy's blog post - Todays walk

Sunday, March 25, 2007, 10:45:31 PM
While out today I climbed up into an abandoned railroad bridge. Trains haven't crossed it for 40 years. I paused and listened to the stories still held in that pile of rusted steel and creasote soaked wood.

This bridge might seem insignificant now. Without it though, millions of tons of iorn ore would not of been available to build the skyscrapers of new york. And the mighty army of the great world wars. It is forgotten now, but if you stop and listen, it remembers.

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Raj on 25-Mar-07 23:21:50
Lovely!

thebody2nv on 26-Mar-07 0:37:55
"it" never forgets

LUNNA on 26-Mar-07 1:02:04
oh Depot!! you asked in a previous blog what gets you going...

well...stuff like that bridge, places with history and stories that no one tells anymore...

Here in PR there are lots of abandoned Haciendas and old rum distilleries with brick masonry chimneys dating from a past long gone...I wonder about the people that lived there, who they were how they lived....their interests and what became of them.

Thanks for the photo...it reminded me that I need to go out and explore like I used to. mwah!

jphiggins on 26-Mar-07 1:31:20
Out here that's not that much that is old, but I can certainly appreciate it. Interesting story and photo. :)

Benjie Thai on 26-Mar-07 1:52:47
Railroads and bridges of all kinds tell us stories. Thanks for listening and passing it on to us.

flcamfan on 26-Mar-07 2:00:06
Wow! Great photo!

mdguy on 26-Mar-07 4:26:53
A crossing to the past... and a connection to another time... the good things are never truly left behind.

GioFromItaly on 29-Mar-07 10:50:51
wow... i remember an old underground station in Paris that became a discotheque... a magic place indeed. I love trains and undergrounds. And their stories

valleybud on 29-Mar-07 23:23:18
you have talent pal....thanks for sharing it...